Sexagenary cycle · position 43 of 60

丙午

Yang Fire Horse 丙午: 1906, 1966, 2026, 2086 Years & Na Yin

丙午 Bǐng–Wǔ is pillar 43 of 60: Yang Fire over the Horse’s Fire branch, with Na Yin Water of the heavenly river 天河水. It names 1906, 1966, 2026, 2086 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

Bǐng–Wǔ

Branch
午 Wu
Na Yin
天河水
Horse in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 3/10丙BingYang Fire
Earthly Branch · 7/12午WuHorse · Yang Fire
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 丙午

01 · Visible stem

丙

Bing

Yang Fire, stem 3 in the ten-stem sequence.

02 · Phase relation

Reinforcing

The stem and branch both carry Fire, so this pair repeats one phase rather than linking two phases.

Water of the heavenly river

Water of the heavenly river is pictured as rain and dew descending across the landscape. In a day-pillar reading, the image concerns distribution: what is held above becomes available in many places below. It evokes a broad, replenishing gesture, while the difference between a gentle covering and an overwhelming downpour gives the symbolism its sense of measure.

天河水

English association
Water of the heavenly river
Associated phase
水 Water
Shares this Na Yin
丁未 Yin Fire Goat

The 午 Wu coordinate

Animal
Horse
Branch polarity
Yang
Double hour
11:00–12:59
Month opens at
芒种 Grain in Ear
Direction
South

Inside this branch · 藏干

Hidden stems carried by 午

The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 丙 Bing as the reference stem.

  1. 01

    丁

    Primary interior stem

    劫财 Rob Wealth
  2. 02

    己

    Middle interior stem

    伤官 Hurting Officer
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Where 丙午 returns

Cycle position
43 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲辰
Void branches · 空亡
寅 Tiger · 卯 Rabbit
Stem stage at this branch
帝旺 Prosperity

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1906丙午
  2. 1966丙午
  3. 2026丙午
  4. 2086丙午
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丙午 as a day pillar

Bing’s Fire is expansive and readily felt. Read through the Day Master, this image suggests vivid expression, direct engagement and an impulse to bring things into the open. Its intensity gives the interpretation movement and warmth. The surrounding chart helps distinguish a clear, sustained expression from heat that builds faster than it can find a useful outlet.

丙 above 午

The stem and branch both carry Fire, so this pair repeats one phase rather than linking two phases. The day branch holds Ding 丁 (Rob Wealth), Ji 己 (Hurting Officer) relative to this Day Master.